Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Over a chat conversation with my eldest son, who is currently working in China, the topic of 'problems offer opportunities' was brought up again. Though he is away for many years, he keeps track of what is happening back home. He knows our country are still facing many problems unsolved. Those who were considered as intelligent or had the brain, could have migrated elsewhere. They think a country which has no problem would be a better place to reside. To me, I think they are selfish and just want an easy way out of life. They didn't realise that the greener pasture is all the time back home....Here!

I told and explained to my son, the intelligent one would escape the reality of life but the smart one takes problems as an opportunity in every sense. In China or any fully developed countries, you might not see any defect in their overall systems. However if you do have real intelligence, you would be able to see so much of unsolved issues here. Plus if you have the smartness, all these unsolved problems are money making opportunities. So! Those who had left the country are considered as not so smart actually.

I reminded my son, though your dad was only a school drop out, he could still managed to send the sons to study abroad. Reason is simply because he knows how to identify problems. As long as life on earth is uncertain, life insurance is greatly needed. As long as sicknesses and illnesses could not be solved, life insurance is still saleable. As long as death is the final destination, life insurance is still wanted much by the world. Intelligence alone might not be good enough to sell as a life insurance agent. Smartness to understand the problems of life is the prime factor to succeed.

Son, our country has many challenging problems and being that you have the intelligence and the smartness like your naughty dad, Malaysia is still the dream home for us. Remember; "No problem! No opportunity!". He replied with a strong affirmative that he will be back soon. Hooray!!!!

Food for thought - "Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem a turned it into an opportunity." Joseph Sugarman